ML17187A985
| ML17187A985 | |
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| Site: | Dresden, Byron, Braidwood, Quad Cities, Zion, LaSalle  |
| Issue date: | 05/27/1997 |
| From: | Callan L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| To: | Oconnor J COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. |
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555--0001 May 27, 1997 Mr. James J. O'Connor Chairma~ and Chief Executive Officer Commonwealth Edison Company P.O. Box 767 Chicago, Illinois 60690
Dear Mr. O'Connor:
The staff has received your response dated March 28. 1997. as supplemented on April 15. 1997. to the NRC's January 27. 1997. request for information pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f) regarding safety performance at Commonwealth Edison Company's (ComEd) nuclear 1stations.
As discussed at the NRC's Commission meetinq on April 25. 1997. the staff has reviewed your response to the 10 CFR 50.54(f) letter. including the merits of your initiatives to establish performance indicators. criteria to measure effectiveness. and actions to be taken by ComEd to sustain continuing improvement.
On the basis of our review. we find that your response provides a broadly based and reasonable set of actions that. if effectively implemented. should enhance the capability of ComEd to operate. monitor. and assess its six nuclear stations while sustaining performance improvement at *each site. Thus.
your response satisfies the* NRC's January 27. 1997. request for information pursuant to 10 CFR 50.54(f). A copy of the staff's assessment of your response is enclosed.
The staff will assess your performance at each site. within the framework of its present inspection and assessment programs.
As you know. the NRC currently has substantial regional and headquarters staff resources assigned to augment oversight for your poorer performing sites.
We will monitor plant performance individually and collectively so that improvement initiatives at each station can be evaluated and negative safety performance trends can be identified as early as possible. The staff will ~lso assess whether your actions in response to plant events or issues at one facility are impacting performance at other ComEd sites, Your ability to manage improvement initiatives at one station. without negatively impacting safety performance at another station. is critical to arresting the cyclic performance.
To enhance the staff's understanding of the details of your initiatives. a meeting has been scheduled in Region III at 1:00 p.m. on June 3. 1997. to discuss your performance indicator program and other selected topics. as outlined in Section 3.2 of the staff's assessment.
In addition. the staff will schedule periodic management meetings between the NRC and ComEd senior management. as well as periodic Commission meetings. to discuss (1) safety performance at all ComEd plants. and (2) the effectiveness of ComEd's
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J. O'Connor corporate and site-specific corrective actions. The Commission has requested a briefing by ComEd in approximately 6*months regarding implementation of your performance improvement plan. *Thus. we will be in contact with you in the.
- coming weeks to make arrangements for such a br\\efing.
Docket* Nos. STN 50-454. STN 50-455.
. STN 50-456. STN 50-457. :50-237, 50-249, 50-373. 50-374, 50-254, 50-265, 50-295, 50-304
Enclosure:
Assessment cc w/encl:
See next page Sincerely, L.
seph Callan Executive Director for Operations
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J. O'Connor cc:
Ms. I. Johnson Acting Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Services Commonwealth Edison Company Executive Towers West III
.1400 Opus Place, Suite 500 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 Michael I. Miller, Esquire Sidley and Austin One First National Plaza Ch1cago, Illinois 60603 Regional Administrator, Region III U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 801 Warrenville Road Lisle, Illinois 60532-4351 Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety Office of Nuclear Fqcility Safety 1035 Outer Park Drive Springfield, Illinois 62704 Document Control Desk-Licensing Commonwealth Edison Company 1400 Opus Place, Suite 400 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 Mr. William P. Poirier, Director Westinghouse Electric Corporation Energy Systems Business Unit Post Office Box 355, Bay 236 West Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15230 Joseph Gallo Gallo & Ross 1250 Eye St., N.W.
Suite 302
.Washington, DC 20005 Howard A. Learner Environmental law and Policy Center of the Midwest 203 North LaSalle Street Suite 1390 Chicago, Illinois 60601 Commonwealth Edison Company U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Byron Resident Inspectors Office 4448 North German Church Road Byron, Illinois 61010-9750 Ms. Lorraine Creek Rt. 1, Box 182 Manteno, Illinois 60950 Chairman, Ogle County Board Post Office.Box 357 Oregon, Illinois 61061 Mrs. Phillip B. Johnson
- 1907 Stratford Lane Rockford, Illinois 61107 George L. Edgar *.
Morgan, Lewis and Bochius 1800 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036 Attorney Genera]
500 South Second Street Springfield, Illinois 62701 EIS Review Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, Illinois 60604~3590 Commonwealth Edison Company Byron Station Manager 4450 North German Church Road Byron, Illinois 61010 Kenneth Graesser, Site Vice President Byron* Station Commonwealth Edison Station 4450 N. German Church Road Byron, Illinois 61010 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Braidwood R~sident Inspectors Office Rural Route #1, Box 79.
Braceville, Illinois 60407
Mr. Ron Stephens Illinois Emergency Services and Disaster Agency 110 East Adams Street Springfield, Illinois 62706 Chairman Will County Board of Supervisors Will County Briard Courthouse Joliet, Illinois 60434 Commonwealth Edison Company Braidwood Station Manager Rt. I, Box 84 Braceville, Illinois 60407 Ms. Bridget Little Rorem Appleseed Coordinator 117 North Linden Street Essex, Illinois 60935 Mr. H. G. Stanley Site Vice President Braidwood Station Commonwealth Edison Company RR I, Box 84 Bracemille, IL 60407 Site Vice Pr.esident Dresden Nuclear Power Station 6500 North Dresden Road Morris, Illinois 60450-9765 Station Manager Dresden Nuclear Power Station 6500 North Dresden Road
- Morris, Illinois 60450-9765 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Re~ident Inspectors Office Dresden Station 6500 North Dresden Road.
. Morris, Illinois 60450-9766 Richard J. Singer Manager - Nuclear MidAmerican.Energy Company 907 Walnut Street P.O. Box 657
- Des Moines, Iowa 50303
- Brent E. Gale, Esq.
Vice President - Law and MidAmerican Energy Company Regulatory Affairs One RiverCenter Place 106 East Second Street P.O. Box 4350 Davenport, Iowa 52808 Chairman Rock Island County Board of Supervisors 1504 3rd Avenue Rock Island County Office Bldg.
Rock Island, Illinojs 61201 Chairman Grundy County Board Administration Building 1320 Union Street Morris, Illinois 60450 Mr. L. William Pearce Station Manager Quad Cities Nuclear Power Station 22710 206th Avenue North
. Cordova, Illinois 61242 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Quad Cities Resident Inspectors Office 22712 206th Avenue North Cordova, Illinois 61242 Phillip P. Steptoe, Esquire Sidley and Austirt On~ First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60603 Assistant Attorney General 100 West Randolph Street Suite 12 Chicago, Illinois 60601 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Resident Inspectors Office LaSa 11 e Station 2605 N. 21st Road Marseilles, Illinois 61341-9756.
Chairman LaSalle County Board of Supervisors LaSalle County Courthouse Ottawa, Illinois 61350 Chairman Illinois Commerce Commission Leland Building 527 East Capitol Avenue Springfield, Illinois 62706 LaSalle Station Manager LaSalle County Station Rural Route* 1 P.O. Box 220 Marseflles, Illinots 61341 Robert Cushing Chief, Public Utilities Division Illinois Attorney General's Office 100 West Randolph Street Chicago, Illinois 60601 Dr. Cecil Lue-Hing Director of Research and Development Metropolitan Sanitary District
. of Greater Chicago 100 East Erie Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 Mayor of Zion Zion, Illinois 60099 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Zion Resident Inspectors Office 105 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, Illinois 60099 Station Manager Zion Nuclear Power Station 101 Shiloh Blvd.
Zion, Illinois* 60099-2797